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      <h2>Our Background</h2>
SQABD was founded on
March 4, 2004. The intentions were simple, i.e. to influence change in
the software quality void in the Software Industry in Bangladesh. We
initially started off as a mailing list for discussing issues related
to Software Quality Assurance and Testing. After realizing that more
needed to be done to fulfill our intentions, we held a series of
roundtables with skilled practitioners to outline the mission and
vision of SQABD. We finally changed our strategy to address both
Software Quality Development and Assurance. </td>
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              <li>We believe that two approaches need to be combined to
build better software:</li>
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                <li>By providing techniques, which support the
development of high quality software.</li>
                <li>By providing techniques, which assure the required
quality attributes during the development of high quality software.<br>
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              <li>We believe that the project team as a whole is
responsible for the quality and success of a software project.</li>
              <li>We are focused on the viable achievement of software
quality with a practitioners approach, instead of certain process
models or standards.</li>
              <li>We believe that software development will always be
difficult and so it can only be feasible with skilled knowledge workers
in the project team. </li>
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